1st SAL.....Peg, Dale and I committed to stitching Anni Downs - A Gardener's Journal in March. I blogged about this on my blog thinking maybe one or 2 others may join us and lots of girls indicated an interest so I decided to start this blog where we can all encourage each other to meet the goals set along the way....March 2010 -March 2011...........
2nd SAL ......well so many of the girls wanted to continue on with another project and some new girls joined us and now approx 91 girls are stitching Natalie Bird's Tis the Season. March to Sept 2011...............
3rd SAL....many girls want to stick with the SAL so now we have moved onto Anni Downs Some Kind of Wonderful - My Favourite Things Quilt.......Oct 2011-Oct 2012.........
Where are we now.....
4th SAL 2013...is numerous smaller projects from the previous 2 books Tis the Season and Some Kind of Wonderful plus some projects from Red Home by Natalie Bird approx 60 ladies stitching together.........
2014 we had the year off..............
5th SAL 2015..........inspired to continue we are doing another quilt project.....Anni Downs newest quilt Natures Journey.....
6th SAL 2017.............A Holly Cottage Christmas by Michelle Ridgway.......once again the pattern is in an affordable book so it is easy for everyone to join in...........and you can raid your stash for the fabrics........or lash out and buy a the whole lot........this SAL will be run by Fiona aka Bubz Rugz and Raewyn........
Chookyblue........

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

I'm Still Here Stitching...

Nope I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...but I stumbled and am now crawling to the finish line...first up is the reverse sewing of the machine quilting that just isn't working for me...I started hand quilting something else this week with perle thread and ever since the first line of quilting TTS has been yelling out to me that it wants to be treated in the same manner so that is it...hand quilting with perle thread it will be...after the reverse stitching that is...hoping to be back in the not too distant future with progress...and to spur me on my copy of SKoW is in full view mocking me to get going...

Well done to everyone who hasn't stumbled and fallen with the finish line just out of reach...all your quilts are awesome...

Happy stitching
Annette @ jindiscottage

6 comments:

Jindi's Cottage said...

Hello....!!!!

Helen said...

You will be happy with it when you get it done so push on.

Helen

Anonymous said...

Keep going with it!! You'll be pleased when it's finished off the way you like it!! I'm just about to start hand quilting after reverse stitching my machine quilting!

Chookyblue...... said...

go for it Annette........enjoy your hand stitching...........

Kris said...

Your handstitching will be lovely! I absolutely love that perle thread look. It's so right for this quilt! Having said that, you'll notice I hurried mine along with machine quilting because of the mocking book. Good on you for not giving in to the mocking book!

Anonymous said...

Seems we are being mocked with all these delays...hang in there.
Mama Bear